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Jon Voight’s proposal to “Make Hollywood Great Again” sent to President Donald Trump on Tuesday offers a mix of tax incentives, tariffs, co-productions and a proposal to bring back the famed Fin-Syn arrangement of the 1990s.
Here are the topline proposals in the five-page plan:
Federal Tax Incentives:
Shortly after President Trump stunned Hollywood with his call for tariffs on films produced overseas, California Gov. Gavin Newsom waded into the debate with an unexpected offer.
When President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that he wanted to tax foreign made films, it caught California Democrats off guard.
When President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Sunday that he wanted to tax foreign made films, it caught California Democrats off guard.
Hollywood executives scrambled Monday to interpret President Trump’s call for stiff tariffs on movies produced outside the U.S. — a bombshell proposal that would upend how movies have been made for years.
Trump on Sunday night announced that he was authorizing a 100% tariff on movies “coming into our Country that are produced in Foreign Lands.” The proposal, like many other Trump-imposed tariffs, is aimed at bringing a key industry back home.
THE BUZZ: COPENHAGEN CONFAB — JD Vance chuckled as Donald Trump predicted the U.S will acquire Greenland “one way or the other.”
Laura Friedman is not so enthused by the president’s fixation.
Hundreds of people gathered in Beverly Hills for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day on April 24. Demonstrators took to the 8500 block of Wilshire Boulevard outside the Consulate General of Turkey, waved Armenian flags, chanted phrases including “Armenians united will never be divided” and condemned the actions of Turkey and Azerbaijan.
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) hosted a town hall at Los Angeles City College on April 14. There, she continued engaging directly with constituents on the most pressing issues facing families across the region – from unaffordable housing and rising healthcare costs to attacks on democratic institutions and essential federal services. The town hall was live-streamed on CSPAN.
The sweeping bill that would increase California film and television tax credits from $330 million to $750 million has been advanced by the Arts, Entertainment, Sports and Tourism Committee in the state assembly and the Revenue and Tax Committee in the state senate.